AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 350 MHz
14.7x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
28.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 114
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 360

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244 vs 114
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 360

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

114

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

360

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	114
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Strato	G73
Launch date	15 May 2016	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	469	472
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$150.25
Value for money (0-100)		0.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	177 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0